Police Brutality Claim being made vs. Escambia Sheriff’s Office

By Wesley Martin Denario Dukes, 22, claims Escambia County Sheriff’s Department deputies assaulted him during a March 10 arrest for cocaine possession.

“I was driving near the Exxon on Fairfield drive and that is when [the police] turned their lights on,” Dukes said. “I pulled the car over to the side of the road and got out of the truck and began to run through a wooded area with two deputies chasing me.”

Dukes said he surrendered and no longer attempted to flee law enforcement officials once he made it to a residential area.

“I put my hands up … and told them ‘I give up,’” Dukes said. Sadly, according to Dukes, once he was apprehended, arresting officers began to physically assault him.